NASA - UARS

Sorry NASA, seeing as it's my belief that for years you folk have been lying to me about U.F.O's etc, my being fortunate enough to find a chunk of
satellite and it wasn't embedded in my head, will definately for once be a case of "finders, keepers!". I find it a sad joke that those at NASA
actually believe that the piece I hand over to a cop will still be exactly as it was, when he hands it to them! Stupid effers...you don't have to be
a rocket scientist to figure that one out!

Not to mention maybe, just maybe, contaminating yourself with hydrazine residue from the propellant tanks. Not a fun chemical to expose yourself to.
I wouldn't even breathe deeply near the debris, but then I'm a little over-cautious when it comes to hazardous chemicals...

May be fatal if absorbed through the skin.... Contact with liquid is corrosive and causes severe burns and ulceration. Contact with the skin may
dissolve hair.
...
Inhalation: Harmful if inhaled. Irritation may lead to chemical pneumonitis and pulmonary edema. May cause liver and kidney damage. Causes severe
irritation of upper respiratory tract with coughing, burns, breathing difficulty, and possible coma. Vapors may cause dizziness, nausea, itching,
burning, and swelling of the eyes.

fscimage.fishersci.com...
Realistically you're not going to be exposed to enough to cause the worst symptoms unless you handle the propellant tank itself, but still, why
jeopardize your health?

To everyone that wants to keep a piece of this thing...Have you even considered that the fuel this thing uses could be highly toxic and THAT is why
NASA doesn't want you to touch it? Perhaps there is a possibility that there could be remnants of the fuel left. If something fell out of the sky
into my back yard, Id take hundreds of pics and vids but I sure as hell wouldn't touch it.

So if i launch something into orbit and then carelessly let it rain back down onto a precious government building, i should wait for them them to call
the number i left on it and expect it be returned?

Sure. Why not?
There's a lot more ocean and wilderness in between 57N and 57S than there are backyards or government buildings. (Do you live in a government
building?) If something lands in yours go ahead and keep it. I don't care.

I can't seem to find what powers UARS. I hope it is not one of those little nuclear reactors that spreads plutonium into our atmosphere as it burns up
on re-entry. Hydrazine would be the least of our worries.
UPdate: it is powered by a solar array that had some problems.

I was asking a question and expecting a legitimate answer not a deflected response with another question.

Do you honestly think, if a flaming piece of my scraped satellite landed on the home of somebody with higher authority, it would be tolerated? If not,
then why is acceptable for an organization like NASA to carelessly put ones possessions at risk from raining material.

I was just interested on the view of somebody, such as yourself, that seems to have a strong interest and exceptional knowledge on the topic. Given my
hypothetical scenario is only switching the roles of the two parties, NASA who owns the satellite and myself somebody who has been warned about
falling debris i would hardly call it absurd.

I am definitely not whining, just asking a question and above all things not expecting such a defensive reply.

Making a suggestion? Well i dont know how many hours went into the planning and research of the thing but within however long its been since you asked
me to offer a suggestion i can think of one thing.

Measures to be taken to insure the disposal of a satellite does not pose a threat to the safety of people or their property.

The amount of times i had to pick up rubbish cause of littering at school..

It's a problem, yes. Acceptable? Not really.

Edit: No i do not have any satellites in orbit, however if at some point i do. Please contact me if you find a piece of it. A team will be dispatched
and you will be assisted.

edit on 15/9/11 by Burnerz because: I dont have any satellites in orbit

Then how come they never say to leave meteorite fragments alone and call the authorities to come remove it if pieces are found. I would think these
pieces of rock would hold the same risks as you state(and I am not implying you are wrong), except of course for the human made materials.

This has become quite a funny thread people joking about grabbing satalite parts and then these uber serious people chime in about radiations,
chemicals, burning metal and flesh eating viruses, touch it, lick it

ahhh good ole know it all ATS. It's made of this, if you touch it this
will happen, no stealing government property, arrgggh

Originally posted by mileslong54
This has become quite a funny thread people joking about grabbing satalite parts and then these uber serious people chime in about radiations,
chemicals, burning metal and flesh eating viruses, touch it, lick it

ahhh good ole know it all ATS. It's made of this, if you touch it this
will happen, no stealing government property, arrgggh

"Uber serious" ?
"Flesh eating viruses" ?
"It's made of this" ?
"If you touch it this will happen" ?

Hyperbole much ?

Quite frankly I don't give a damn if you eat the thing, sell it on Ebay, or give it to your kid to take to show and tell at school. That's your
choice of risk assessment and it doesn't effect me and mine one bit.

All I'm doing is giving people food for thought before they get all excited and run around collecting satellite parts not understanding what they may
or may not be touching.

Joking or not, uninformed naivety is not always a good thing.

Or are you simply saying these potential hazards are absolutely non-existent and just a figment of scientist's imagination ? Or maybe you
just didn't catch the part in my post that specified the word "possible" because you seem to have comprehended the entire post in a completely
"matter-of-fact" type of way instead.

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